Next you’re going to tell me that coats are more expensive in winter.
Thank goodness. For a second there, I thought we were going to be able to have something enjoyable without having to pay a fortune for it.
When people say inflation is caused by demand for scarce goods these stories remind you that profiteering companies play their part too
How predictably convenient. The cost of a good made in January has supposedly cost more now it’s nearly April.
Let’s all arrange our easter egg rolling for the Sunday after Easter. Dont buy any now and watch the prices tumble when they don’t fly off the shelves. They’ll be half price by Easter Monday or the day after
These companies are taking the piss. They keep rising prices and often for no reason other than to maximise profits often ar the determent of the customer. While Easter Eggs aren’t a necessity, there’s going to be a lot of parents that won’t be able to afford them. The government really needs to start putting a cap on supermarkets’ food prices.
Not a problem, time to debunk the Easter egg ripoff nonsense.
Buy them on the Tuesday after Easter Sunday, guaranteed to be at least half the price.
As my mum used to say, it’s all bloody packaging anyway
Get a nice Tony’s Chocolonely Block, proper thick chocolate, not that cheap, palm oil laden, hardly any cocoa crap they put into the Easter Eggs
Jokes on them. I bought mine in Feb when they were trying to hide the product gaps in the shelves.
When I started eating dark chocolate about 20 years ago, a 100g bar of Lindt’s 70% was £0.70. Today the same product costs £2.45. Inflation of 350% over 20 years.
So, chocolate price inflation has been running at more than double the CPI rate over this period.
The big supermarkets always charge *exactly* the same price for Lindt’s. The prices change on the *same day*, and they *take turns* having it on special. They could only do this by conspiring with each other. I believe this is illegal since they have formed a cartel with a virtual monopoly.
Its cos of the war in ukraine, dont ask questions plebs.
While not surprising given everything else is going up so much, is it just me or are Easter Eggs cheaper than they used to be?
I’ve been seeing them for like £3, for a big one, proper Cadbury brand or the like.
I buy one occasionally just to eat. Childhood trauma I think from growing up poor. It’s great to just buy an easter egg randomly to eat on a Tuesday afternoon, just because I can.
Why is this bad news? Would help solve the obesity crisis.
Easter has nothing to do with these choco eggs anyway.
This is the rampant capitalism JS Mill tried to warn us about
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Next you’re going to tell me that coats are more expensive in winter.
Thank goodness. For a second there, I thought we were going to be able to have something enjoyable without having to pay a fortune for it.
When people say inflation is caused by demand for scarce goods these stories remind you that profiteering companies play their part too
How predictably convenient. The cost of a good made in January has supposedly cost more now it’s nearly April.
Let’s all arrange our easter egg rolling for the Sunday after Easter. Dont buy any now and watch the prices tumble when they don’t fly off the shelves. They’ll be half price by Easter Monday or the day after
These companies are taking the piss. They keep rising prices and often for no reason other than to maximise profits often ar the determent of the customer. While Easter Eggs aren’t a necessity, there’s going to be a lot of parents that won’t be able to afford them. The government really needs to start putting a cap on supermarkets’ food prices.
Not a problem, time to debunk the Easter egg ripoff nonsense.
Buy them on the Tuesday after Easter Sunday, guaranteed to be at least half the price.
As my mum used to say, it’s all bloody packaging anyway
Get a nice Tony’s Chocolonely Block, proper thick chocolate, not that cheap, palm oil laden, hardly any cocoa crap they put into the Easter Eggs
Jokes on them. I bought mine in Feb when they were trying to hide the product gaps in the shelves.
When I started eating dark chocolate about 20 years ago, a 100g bar of Lindt’s 70% was £0.70. Today the same product costs £2.45. Inflation of 350% over 20 years.
According to the [Bank of England’s inflation calculator](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator), spending £1 on goods and services in 2000 would be like spending £1.69 today. Inflation of 169% over 20 years.
So, chocolate price inflation has been running at more than double the CPI rate over this period.
The big supermarkets always charge *exactly* the same price for Lindt’s. The prices change on the *same day*, and they *take turns* having it on special. They could only do this by conspiring with each other. I believe this is illegal since they have formed a cartel with a virtual monopoly.
Its cos of the war in ukraine, dont ask questions plebs.
While not surprising given everything else is going up so much, is it just me or are Easter Eggs cheaper than they used to be?
I’ve been seeing them for like £3, for a big one, proper Cadbury brand or the like.
I buy one occasionally just to eat. Childhood trauma I think from growing up poor. It’s great to just buy an easter egg randomly to eat on a Tuesday afternoon, just because I can.
Why is this bad news? Would help solve the obesity crisis.
Easter has nothing to do with these choco eggs anyway.
This is the rampant capitalism JS Mill tried to warn us about